Official document issued in 1918 was proof needed to get Yisrael Kristal Guinness World Records recognition
Yisrael Kristal, a 112-year-old Holocaust survivor living in Israel, has been formally recognized as the world's oldest man, Haaretz reports.
Reports surfaced at the end of January that Kristal's grandson Oren had received an email from the Gerontology Research Group informing him that Yasutaro Koide of Japan had passed away, just two months short of his 113th birthday.